Jump Start?

There's two ways. First look and see if there is a ground service plug.
Mine on my 67 182 is pilots side just forward of the door. If you
don't have the right jumper cables for that plug just use any old jumper
cables and connect right to the battery like in your car. First however
put a charger on the battery for a half hour or so. If your battery is
low enough the alternator won't charge it because an alternator needs to
see a little voltage in the battery before it will even turn itself on.
A few years ago I had a short that caused my master to turn on when
it got wet due to a leak. The T+B gyro ran for 13 hours until the
battery completely died. I flipped the master next time and nothing,
dead silence. I got the lineboy to jumpstart the plane. Somehow when I
turned the avionics master on the radios came on. Then I flew for three
hours and landed for gas. When I turned the master on, nothing.
Jumpstarted it and tried to turn the radios on and nothing, just dead.
This time I put a battery charger on for 30 minutes and then jumpstarted
the plane again. This time the radios came on and after the 2+ hour
flight the battery was charged.



Jeffrey wrote:
Okay, silly(?) question time:

I have a 1964 Cessna 182 (12v), how do you jump start it if the battery
dies, or should I even attempt it?

Thanks for any advice!
Jeffrey